The Little Crybaby Always Thinks He's a Substitute

Also known as: Roses and China Roses. The main story plus bonus chapters comes to 30,000 words. The blurb is in first person, while the story itself is in third person. If you're interested, please add it to your collection~

[Devoted, gentle top x straightforward crybaby bottom]

↓ Blurb ↓

Cheng Xiulin has someone he holds dear in his heart, his beloved moonlight. I've always known. I don't mind being a substitute; I'm only afraid of missing my chance.

After three years of pursuing him, Cheng Xiulin finally accepted me. I had a boyfriend.

We'd been dating for six months when news came of his beloved moonlight. He came back, terminally ill.

I told him the news about his beloved moonlight, and he left...

Is having nothing at the end really the fate of every substitute?

No. Someone once told me: Other people might not be able to tell roses and china roses apart, but anyone who grows flowers can.

[PS. One-on-one, both pure. The familiar tangled love triangle of a CEO, a substitute, and a beloved moonlight, but the protagonist isn't actually a substitute, and the beloved moonlight is a good person. The main story is in third person.]

For another short, completed story available with a monthly subscription, see: The Fake Young Master and His Brother

Fake young master vs. the real young master's older brother

Older top, growing-up romance, pseudo-incest, top pursues bottom, seven-year age gap

One-line summary: My brother confessed to me after my fake young master identity was exposed?!

↓ Blurb ↓

What Lu Linzhou hated most in this life was his older brother, Cheng Liny e, who'd fought him for their parents' affection since childhood, made him take their mother's surname so he wouldn't compete for the family inheritance, and bossed him around like he was a little kid.

Then one day, the truth came out: he was the family's fake young master.

The real young master returned, and Lu Linzhou, the one who'd taken his place, would have to leave his life of luxury behind.

Before, his dad didn't love him and his mom didn't care for him. Now he didn't even have a home. What a miserable life TAT...

In the depths of his sorrow, his usually most hated, coldest, and strictest older brother suddenly confessed his love to him:

"Yes, I like you. Will you be with your big brother?"

Lu Linzhou was stunned.

His brother liked him! Liked him?!!

"How can real brothers be together?" Lu Linzhou said, aghast.

Oh, right. He was the fake young master, so they weren't real brothers anymore.

"Even if we're not now, I believed we were until today," Lu Linzhou said, unable to accept it.

But Cheng Liny e replied, "Could you try not thinking of me as your brother? Try falling for me."

The sky was falling, the world had gone mad. His dad wasn't his real dad, his mom wasn't his real mom, and his brother was no longer just his brother, sob sob sob QAQ...

Theme: Only your own heart knows who you love.